"EPA Finds New Risks With Dicamba Weedkiller"
"The widely used weedkiller dicamba poses a previously unknown risk to honeybees, EPA said in a draft assessment of the pesticide’s potential dangers to wildlife."
Source: E&E News, 08/19/2022
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Grijalva, Porter Threaten Subpoena Over Firm’s Work With Fossil Companies
"House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.), the chairwoman of the panel’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, floated the possibility of a subpoena if a consulting firm does not produce documents relating to its marketing work for fossil fuel companies."
Source: The Hill, 08/19/2022
Chevron Jumps Into Texas' News Desert With Stories About Puppies and Oil
"Chevron-sponsored Permian Proud is providing community news (and corporate propaganda) in one of Texas' most news-starved regions."
Source: Earther, 08/19/2022
"Climate Bill’s Unlikely Beneficiary: US Oil And Gas Industry"
"The climate measure President Joe Biden signed Tuesday bypasses the administration’s concerns about emissions and guarantees new drilling opportunities in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska."
Source: AP, 08/19/2022
"Dodge Will Retire Charger And Challenger, Its Muscle Car Mainstays"
"Dodge will stop making gas-powered Chargers and Challengers next year, ending an era for a brand that helped define the muscle car, as it and other carmakers shift toward more climate-friendly offerings."
Source: Washington Post, 08/18/2022
Ants Can Be Better Than Pesticides For Growing Healthy Crops: Study
"Ants can be more effective than pesticides at helping farmers produce food, according to new research. They are better at killing pests, reducing plant damage and increasing crop yields, according to the first systematic review of ants’ contributions to crop production."
Source: Guardian, 08/18/2022
"Is the Jaguarundi Extinct in the United States?"
"These weasel-like small cats haven’t been documented in the country since 1986. A new study suggests it’s time to reintroduce them."
Source: The Revelator, 08/18/2022
"Rebirth of San Francisco’s Salt Marshes"
"An ambitious restoration project in San Francisco’s South Bay is attempting to balance a return to the ecological past with the needs of species that have become reliant on the area’s artificial salt ponds."
Source: bioGraphic, 08/18/2022
Endangered Sea Turtles Found On La. Island Could Help Its Restoration
"Sea turtle hatchlings have been spotted for the first time in at least 75 years on Louisiana’s Chandeleur Islands, state officials announced Wednesday, and the hatchlings turned out to be young versions of Kemp's ridley turtles, the most endangered of five species found in the Gulf of Mexico."
Source: Nola.com, 08/18/2022
"European Food Companies Break Their Plastics Promises"
"Two-thirds of pledges to go greener on plastic fail or are dropped, a DW investigation has found. Here's how European food and drink companies break their own commitments, and how legislation might hold them accountable."
Source: DW, 08/18/2022
